US53348A - Improved medical composition - Google Patents

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICEZO IMPROVED MEDICAL COMPOSITION.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53.348. dated March 20, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW J. RUNYAN, of Ashland, in the county of Henry and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Composition of Matter, which I denominate Runyans Cough Conqueror, for use as an expectorant; and I-do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the mode of compounding the same.

Specimens of the ingredients and a specimen of the composition are herewith tiled.

With four and one-halfpounds of the root of Indian hemp, (Apocymtm cannabimmu) weighed when green, take seven ounces of hops and one ounce of the herb lobelia. Place them in a kettle of suitable size and add water enough to cover them, and boil until the root is soft; then strain off the water. Add fresh water, and boil again about one-halfofan hour. Then pour this decoction through a strainer and set away until the solid matter has settled. Then pour off the decoction carefully and boil down until reduced to a half-gallon in quantity. To the decoction thus prepared add three pints of rye whisky, also two and three-fourtl'is pounds of crushed sugar and two table-spoonfuls of the essence of cinnamon or other flavoring matter.

In administering this preparation I give to an adult one table-spoonful four times a day; but it may be administered more frequently if necessary. To children in proportion.

What I desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s The composition of an expectorant from the ingredients compounded and prepared substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW J. RUNYAN.

Witnesses:

E. J oHNsoN, M. L. BUNDY.